Tre Tucker or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tre Tucker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Tre Tucker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 64 percent of LV snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Tre Tucker scored 9.5 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 1.3 a game between them.

Tre Tucker finished WR38 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Tre Tucker is a wide receiver and Jacory Croskey-Merritt a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Tre Tucker.